A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Pachuta$910/mo

Typical home $158K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.62% · or rent about $390/mo · Housing →

Hickory$1,020/mo

Typical home $171K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.88% · or rent about $918/mo · Housing →

The difference: $110 a month, about $1,400 a year, between Hickory and Pachuta.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

PachutaHickory

Snow a year1″0″

January low36°F 33°F

July high93°F 93°F

Growing season (days)239d 222d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)76th 69th

Outdoors & history

PachutaHickory

Archive photos—7

Famous people born here—7

Community

PachutaHickory

Library hours a week19 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

20 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

PachutaHickory

Pachuta ↔ Hickory20 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Mississippi average

PachutaHickory

People

Population 351Lowest 471Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census — -23%

Median age 31.1±25.4Highest 19% below MS 27.6±4.4Lowest 28% below MS

Pachuta and Hickory are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 32.8%±21.7Highest MS: 23.3% 32.5%±6.1Lowest MS: 23.3%

Pachuta and Hickory are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 19.1%±8.5Highest MS: 17.2% 6.6%±3.7Lowest MS: 17.2%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.5%Highest MS: 25.1% 14.3%Lowest MS: 25.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.1%±5.1Lowest MS: 6.1% 3.8%±5.3Highest MS: 6.1%

Hickory and Pachuta are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $44,219±$17kLowest 22% below MS $59,000±$42kHighest 5% above MS

Hickory and Pachuta are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $120,800±$46kHighest 29% below MS $107,800±$24kLowest 37% below MS

Pachuta and Hickory are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $390±$135Lowest 59% below MS $918±$538Highest 4% below MS

Hickory and Pachuta are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $743Lowest 39% below MS $947Highest 22% below MS

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50%±76.1Lowest MS: 51.3% 62.1%±100Highest MS: 51.3%

Hickory and Pachuta are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 26.5%Highest MS: 18.9% 19.1%Lowest MS: 18.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 65.7%Highest MS: 70% 59.3%Lowest MS: 70%

Typical home builtmedian year 1972Lowest 14 yrs older than MS 1974Highest 12 yrs older than MS

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 48 minHighest 87% above MS 30 minLowest 17% above MS

Work from home 0%±13.2Lowest MS: 5.9% 1.6%±3.6Highest MS: 5.9%

Hickory and Pachuta are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 29.8 miHighest 23.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.60Highest 0.25Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Meridian (15%)Meridian (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HickoryFew work in Pachuta

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 13.2Lowest 51.1Highest

Mississippi average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Pachuta vs Hickory

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Where they part ways

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